RM(1) RM(1) rm - remove files or directories rm []... []... This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove directories. If the -I or --interactive=once option is given, and there are more than three files or the -r, -R, or --recursive are given, then rm prompts the user for whether to proceed with the entire operation. If the response is not affirmative, the entire command is aborted. Otherwise, if a file is unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and the -f or --force option is not given, or the -i or --interactive=always option is given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped. () . -f, --force , -i -I , ; -i, --interactive[=] : ,,never" -- , ,,once" (-I) -- , ,,always" (-i) -- ; , --one-file-system , --no-preserve-root ,,/" --preserve-root[=all] ,,/" (); ,,all", -r, -R, --recursive -d, --dir -v, --verbose --help --version , rm . --recursive (-r -R) , , . -, ,,-foo", : rm -- -foo rm ./-foo Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it might be possible to recover some of its contents, given sufficient expertise and/or time. For greater assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred(1). , , . . coreutils: Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3+: 3 . : . , . unlink(1), unlink(2), chattr(1), shred(1) ,,info '(coreutils) rm invocation'" ; 3 . . , - TODO <>. coreutils 9.4 2024 RM(1)